Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen and American studio DLR Group have been selected to redesign California's San Quentin State Prison into a rehabilitation centre that will utilise influences from the Scandinavian incarceration system. More about Nordic model to inform redesign of California's San Quentin prison
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Masonry waste from a nearby builder's yard was used to create various shapes, textures and habitats for birds and bees in the brick walls of Foxglove House, a home in rural Hertfordshire by local studio Kirkland Fraser Moor. More about Rural house by Kirkland Fraser Moor incorporates homes for birds and bees
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A combination of cultural traditions and complex engineering allowed the Petronas Towers in Malaysia to become a model for skyscrapers as place-makers, Rafael Pelli tells Dezeen in this exclusive interview. More about Petronas Towers became "symbol of prosperity" for Southeast Asia says Rafael Pelli
A sloping concrete roof and perforated walls shelter the open-air interiors of Anchor House, a dwelling in the jungle in Vietnam by local studio MM++ Architects. More about "Monastic minimalism" informs Vietnamese jungle home by MM++ Architects
House-shaped blocks will protrude from the facades of this mixed-use high-rise in Tirana, Albania, which has been designed by architecture studios Network of Architecture and Atelier4. More about NOA and Atelier4 stack house-shaped "puzzle pieces" for Tirana high-rise
Human rights organisation ALQST has highlighted the environmental and human rights concerns surrounding Saudi mega project Neom in a briefing paper that includes a report on a migrant worker's death. More about ALQST documents "first death of a migrant worker on a Neom site"
Australian studio Victoria Merrett Architecture has extended a house in Melbourne with a brick and timber structure that "blends harmoniously" with the existing building. More about Victoria Merrett Architecture adds brick and timber extension to Marianne House
British practice BakerBrown Studio has created a house high up on the South Downs using recycled materials, including rubble from a burned-out bungalow. More about BakerBrown Studio salvages materials from fire-ruined bungalow for South Downs home
American architecture studio SOM has completed the Schwarzman College of Computing, an eight-storey, glass-wrapped building designed to be a "collaborative nexus" on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge. More about SOM covers computing college at MIT in large glass shingles
Irish studio Scullion Architects took visual cues from long galleries in country homes in its design of Rathdown, a window-lined extension to a house in Terenure, Dublin. More about Scullion Architects adds green "long gallery" to 1930s Dublin house
An elevated public realm and performance venues are taking shape on top of the Olympia events centre in west London as part of its transformation by UK architecture practices Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC. More about Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC's Olympia revamp nearing completion in London
Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has completed UCCA Clay Museum in China, creating a peaked form clad in handmade ceramic tiles to celebrate the "warmth of craftsmanship". More about Kengo Kuma and Associates cloaks Chinese clay museum in handmade tiles
Architecture studio Urbanus renovated and combined five buildings in Shenzhen, China, adding colourful additions and circulation. More about Urbanus adds colourful rooftop additions to Shenzhen block
Fashion brand Louis Vuitton has concealed its under-renovation New York flagship store with a luggage facade and relocated to a temporary store that features OMA-designed sculptures. More about Louis Vuitton flagship store disguised as stack of luggage trunks
Elías Rizo Arquitectos has created a slate-and-weathering steel house called Casa AV that disappears into and emerges from the landscape outside of Guadalajara, Mexico. More about Elías Rizo Arquitectos creates house that "disappears" into Mexican hills
A figure-eight-shaped accommodation block is among the buildings made from rammed earth and compressed earth blocks at the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture campus by US studio MASS Design Group. More about MASS Design Group uses earthen walls for Rwandan university campus
UK studio Hugh Broughton Architects has collaborated with American designer Rick Owens to create a prototype off-grid mountain refuge for the latest Moncler's Genius show, which took place in Shanghai. More about Hugh Broughton Architects and Rick Owens create off-grid mountain refuge for Moncler
A total of 226 luxury homes will make up the Mandarin Oriental Residences in Abu Dhabi, which Danish studio BIG is designing beside Zayed National Museum on Saadiyat Island. More about BIG designs luxury residences for Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi